Electric-iron-cord supporter



May 13 1924. 1,493,799

C. E. BLE! ELECTRIC IRON CORD SUPPORTER Filed June 18. 1923 55 1 I board 1 is shown" on which an electric iron 2 Patented May l3, 1%214.

CHARLEY E. BLEI, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ELECTRIC-IRON-OOBD SUPPORTER.

Application filed June 18, 1928. Serial No. 646,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Grammar E. BLEI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful. Electric-Iron-Cord Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to electric sad irons and more particiilarly to supports for holding the electric cord or conductor.

In the use of electric flat irons and other electrically operated instruments which are supplied with electrical energy by a flexible conductor, considerable difiiculty is often experienced on account of the flexible conductor becoming entangled with the objects on the working surface, thereby causing annoyance to the 'operator andpften resulting in damage to the objects entangled or to the flexible conductor itself.

The object of the invention is to provide a support of this character which will hold the cord sufiiciently' taut while the iron is in use to preventthe cord from tangling or' twisting and yet permit the iron to move freely without requiring appreciable efi'ort to move it.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support for the cord which may be detachably and conveniently mounted in operative position and in which the cord may be quickly and easily applied or removed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from e oi the inven- "sun ill]. 1U

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In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an ironing board showing in full lines the normal position of the support constituting this invention and the dotted line position the location of the support when the iron isin use. v Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the support detached; and

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken on v the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

' in the embodiment illustrated an ironing substantially cone-shaped with a wood screw 12 extending from the bottom thereof and which is designed to be screwed into the ironing board 1 at any -desired point for detachably mounting the support on the board. Rising from the apex of the base 11 is a socket 13 in which is fixedly mounted ,preferably by casting, a spring steel rod 14 which may be of any suitable or desired length and which is sufiiciently fiexibleto adapt it to bend by a pull exerted on the cord 3 as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This rod 14 has its upper end bent to form a U-shaped loop 15 through which the cord 3 is designed to pass and which holds the cord above the board and prevents it from becoming tangled. The base 11 is preferably'providedwith laterally extending lugs 12 to form finger grips to assist in applying and removing the base from the support.

From the above description it will be obvious that this improved cord support may be screwed into any desired supporting object either an ironing board or a table and when not in use may be removed and stored in any suitable place. The skirt or bottom of the base 11 extends beyond the attaching screw 12 on all sides thereof and when the device is applied operates as a brace to prevent tilting of the base or the yielding of the rod, and the consequent pulling out of the screw 12.v

\Vhen-the iron 2 is moved over the board 1 the pull of the cord 3 on the loop 15 of the rod 14 will cause the rod to bend into the dotted line position of Fig. 1 and when the pull is released the resiliency of the rod will restore it to its normal upright position and thus guide the cord 3 and prevent it from becoming tangled or twisted.

Various changes in the form, shape, proportion and other minor details of constru tion may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages o the claimed invention.

A cord support for electric irons and the like comprising a cone-shaped base having rod secured in said socket and having its upper end bent to form an upward] open 10 ing U-shaped cord receiving looptthefree end being flared outward to facilitate insertion of the cord.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLEY E. BLEI. Witnesses E'MMA Mentor, KAT BIN SCI-IAFICP 

